With the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. as a backdrop, the German delegation met with the Claims Conference negotiating delegation and heard first-hand testimony from survivors about the critical need for funding increases. The negotiations resulted in a €75 million ($87.75 million) increase in funding for social welfare services for Holocaust survivors, bringing total global allocations for 2019 to €480 ($564 million). In … [Read more...] about Holocaust Survivors to Receive Increased Social Services
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New Survey by Claims Conference Finds Significant Lack of Holocaust Knowledge in the United States
On the occasion of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) has released a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among adults in the United States. The survey found there are critical gaps both in awareness of basic facts as well as detailed knowledge of the Holocaust, and there is a broad-based consensus that schools must be responsible … [Read more...] about New Survey by Claims Conference Finds Significant Lack of Holocaust Knowledge in the United States
Germany to Compensate 25,000 Holocaust Survivors from Algeria
Jews who resided in Algeria between July 1940 and November 1942, and suffered from Nazi persecution may now be eligible for payment through the Claims Conference Hardship Fund. Those eligible will be entitled to a one-time payment of 2,556.46 Euros. It is estimated that there are approximately 25,000 Algerian Jewish Holocaust survivors living around the world. The Claims Conference is opening a Registration Help Center in Paris, where the … [Read more...] about Germany to Compensate 25,000 Holocaust Survivors from Algeria
Thousands of Needy Elderly Jews in Former Soviet Union to Receive Honey, Apples, Extra Food for Rosh Hashanah
This Rosh Hashana, thousands of poor, elderly Jews across the former Soviet Union (FSU) will receive extra food and traditional holiday fare, including apples and honey, to celebrate the Jewish New Year. The special Rosh Hashana aid - provided by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and its partners, the Claims Conference, and the IFCJ Lifeline, an operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews … [Read more...] about Thousands of Needy Elderly Jews in Former Soviet Union to Receive Honey, Apples, Extra Food for Rosh Hashanah
Holocaust Survivors of Iasi Death Trains to receive Compensation Pensions
Jewish survivors of the Holocaust era “death trains,” pogrom and subsequent open ghettos in Iasi, Romania are now eligible to receive compensation pensions. The announcement follows the Claims Copnference’s early July negotiations with the German government. Approximately 15,000 Jews were murdered between the Iasi pogrom and “death trains.” Some Jews who survived the massacre of the pogrom were forced onto train cars where they were left … [Read more...] about Holocaust Survivors of Iasi Death Trains to receive Compensation Pensions
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